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DMB live last night...

I was fortunate to get a free ticket to see DMB live at the local 'large venue' in Albuquerque last night. It's an outdoor facility with lots of seating and a huge grass area. The crowd faces west, and we were treated to a spectacular sunset as well as a stellar summer evening, which Dave noted more than once. What a great show, very professional, well done with both sound, lighting and all effects. The band is very tight, and they genuinely appeared to be having fun. They played a strong 110-120 minutes and the place was packed. I must say as I get older, concert going is more pain than pleasure, but last night was the best experience I've had in ten years. I'm just a casual fan of the band, but they were great and so was the whole evening. Easy access in and out, no long lines, pretty much headache free.

I enjoy Stephen Lessards playing, very solid, not flashy, fits in perfect with the band. i couldn't tell what amp he was using but he had what looked like 3 Ampeg SVT cabinets. I could barely see the speaker outlines when the bright lights came up. I couldn't tell for sure, but it looked like he had two 8x10's sandwiching a 4x15. Anybody confirm this??

Anyway a great show well worth the price of admission. :bassist:
 
I've seen them I think 6 or 7 times. The last show I saw was one of the best ones, even though the venue is horrible. It was at Texas Stadium, which has poor sound and not the best views, but he played a good 3+ hours without a break.

Everytime I've seen them they play as tight or tighter than their studio stuff and thats something I always like to see. I think this band shines as a live performance.
 
I'm not sure if you've heard about DMB's bus, it's been in the news the last few days. I guess they were on a bridge in Austin, TX (I think) and someone emptied the septic tank-all 800 lbs. of it. Unfortunately, there was a tour boat under the bridge and everyone on it got covered. Anyway, the city is considering charges, but the driver denies doing anything.
 
kobass said:
I'm not sure if you've heard about DMB's bus, it's been in the news the last few days. I guess they were on a bridge in Austin, TX (I think) and someone emptied the septic tank-all 800 lbs. of it. Unfortunately, there was a tour boat under the bridge and everyone on it got covered. Anyway, the city is considering charges, but the driver denies doing anything.

Yeah, I even saw that on CNN - very unclassy move for such a big money making machine. I'd sue the **** out of them if I were one of those poor people on the boat.
 
kobass said:
I'm not sure if you've heard about DMB's bus, it's been in the news the last few days. I guess they were on a bridge in Austin, TX (I think) and someone emptied the septic tank-all 800 lbs. of it. Unfortunately, there was a tour boat under the bridge and everyone on it got covered. Anyway, the city is considering charges, but the driver denies doing anything.


Chicago. I was on the River Taxi behind it. Messy.

Look for the fecal samples on eBay next week. :D
 

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